Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02

to the council, the mayor being the only
masculine representative in the aaminis.
tration. Reports from Syracuse confirm
a most natural decomposition. The
mayor and council Of that city are enjoy
ing an era OF good will seldom seen be-
tween the executive and legislative
branches OF q city government. At AR
gonia the conditions are exactly reversed,
and indications are that the situation is
in sympathy with the conditions.
Being in Southwestern Kansas and bav-
irg heard something OF Argonia's chief
magistrate, l determined to spend lew
hours in the little town and gsin from
personal observation some knowledge
OF the workings OF this latest "Kansas
idea" The avenue OF information |
found open to all corners. An interview
with the Mayoress was easily secured,
and | even o0tsined the further favor OF
s photograph OF Mrs. Salter. This, maGe
by lady artist of Argonis, hardly does
the subject justice, giving her an older
and severer look than she usually pos
sesses, although in the main it is more
truthful than llbelous. As my visit foi!
upon the day Of the City Councils month
ly meeting-snd one Of the Mayors dL-
ties is 10 preside at the sessions OF CITY
fsthers-I wes privileged 10 see her in a
position where she WAS clothed in al the
dignity OF her office, and thus view was
had OF her in all the capacities she fills as
wife, mother, citizen and official.
In her intercourse with strangers Mrs.
Sslter is cordial, frank and dignifed.
She is an easy, Conndent and rather rapid
talker, speaking to the point and usually
using good English, but occasionally
lapslng into what hiss sometimes been
termed in Kansas "GOvernor's English, -
1t having been the fault OF the good St.
John in conversation 10 frequently employ
such forms of expressions as II have
went" 81 have saw" etc. Mrs. Salter is
now twenty-seyen years of age. She is
about live feet three and half inches in
height, is rather the reverse of plump,
weighing about l28 pounds, and is of 3
quick, active temperament Her eyes
are dark gray, and her hsir, which she
wears parted in the center and "crimped, ="
is Ct blonde shade She dresses
neatly, but not extensively, making al
her own clothes and also Of her children,
OF whom che has four, three boys and
girl baby--ClGranCe, aged six; Francis
Argonia (the first child born in the
town., aged four; Winired, aged two and
one-halt, and Melvina, a one ear-old
Her history, as narrated by herself,
differs little materially up to the time of
her election from that OF thousand of
her sisters throughout America, wao have
toiled uncomplainingly through a lie of
domestic drudgery, contented and meas
urably happy in wearing away their
lives in the service of those near and
dear to them. 81 am a home body"
Mrs. Salter said when asked if she was
accustomed to attending conventions OF
her sex throughout the state, "and
have only been 10 one convention,
that OF our county Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, of which order you
will see am & member by observing the
badge | wear in my photograph Inegef.
neglect my home duties, and es I have
never had girl until since NY election,
you may easily understand thai I have 10
time, even il l had sn inclination, to run
around attending state conventions end
meetings" And whatever adverse criti-
ctsms are made Of the Mayoress, her
townspeople all unite in giving her credit
for being an exemplary housewife and
mother, and for bringing up her children
IN the way they should 90.